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434,018 | 2,171,244 | 59,711 | 7 | What do you do with dead soldiers ? | Long before Mel Gibson did The Patriot , James Stewart did a similar movie set in the War Between the States . Only Stewart didn't access his inner warrior and go off to avenge his sons ; he realized and accepted the tragedy for what it was - senseless and stupid . Mr Smith may be my favorite Stewart film , but this ru... |
434,507 | 2,171,244 | 976,143 | 7 | You choose your quality of life ; why not your quality of death ? | So , you are healthy ( for the most part ) and not a burden to anyone , why should you not choose when you can depart this world . Who better that you to say when enough is enough . That's the tough question to answer , but it is put forth in this film as it focuses on Mademoiselle Lisette Nigot . Of course , the easie... |
432,627 | 2,171,244 | 75,334 | 7 | It is not heresy , and I will not recant ! | The last Hammer Horror film features Nastassja Kinski in only her third film , and her first major role . The film was banned in many countries because she was only 15 at the time . There are several fine actors in this film . There is Oscar-nominee Richard Widmark ( Kiss of Death ) , Christopher Lee ( The Wicker Man ,... |
433,408 | 2,171,244 | 425,413 | 7 | I can lose weight . . . but you'll always be an arsehole ! | Now , it is completely puzzling why anyone would leave Thandie Newton at the altar , but Dennis ( Simon Pegg ) did it . Now , five years later , he is a loser and Libby ( Newton ) has a new man , Whit ( Hank Azaria ) . As expected , the laughs come in rapid fire as Dennis tries to compete with Whit . He is assisted in ... |
432,708 | 2,171,244 | 572,596 | 7 | You were expecting maybe Clint Eastwood ? | This episode goes back to the double story . In one , Edward Woodward is going up against the KGB station chief ( Jaroslav Stremien ) in New York . He had his informant ( Joe Silver ) of 15 years killed , and is now after the daughter ( Melissa Leo ) . Robert Joy ( Dr . Sid Hammerback in " CSI : NY , AVPR : Aliens vs P... |
432,707 | 2,171,244 | 572,600 | 7 | Your daughter is my concern and the world's children are all our concern ! | Boy this was the trip to hell . A guy comes to New York on business and brings his family for a little vacation . First he gets ripped off at the airport in a scam with Luis Guzmán ( Boogie Nights , Punch Drink Love , The Limey , Traffic ) . Then the hotel rips him off , and while he is commiserating , his daughter dis... |
433,883 | 2,171,244 | 281,322 | 7 | Boxing in prison . Hooyah ! | Jesus fckin ' Christ ! This fckin ' state . Who the fck does this fckin ' warden . . . fckin ' think he is ? Doesn't anybody know how to do business in this fckin ' state ? My fckin ' wife and her fckin ' asthma and allergies . We had to move to the fckin ' desert . Goddamn fckin ' chickenshit doctors . . . I should'v... |
432,632 | 2,171,244 | 421,073 | 7 | How can you shoot a guy taking a dump ? I mean , seriously , that's sacred . | The bona fides say this is supposed to be a solid cop movie . Directed by David Ayer , who wrote S . W . A . T . , Training Day , and Dark Blue . Screenplay by James Ellroy , who wrote dark Blue with Ayer and L . A . Confidential ; and Kurt Wimmer , who penned The Recruit , Equilibrium , and The Thomas Crown Affair . A... |
433,918 | 2,171,244 | 75,406 | 7 | Shame on US | Despite the fact that this film had three Oscar nominations , and several Golden Globe nominations with one win ( Katharine Ross ) , and a boatload of stars , it is not worth watching so much for it's quality ( marginal ) but for the story of how we knew what was happening to the Jews before World War II and did little... |
432,466 | 2,171,244 | 63,688 | 7 | Please come with the money . . . or , you keep the car . | The best thing about this movie is the music . The song " Windmills of Your Mind " and the whole score was just fantastic . Michel Legrand , Alan Bergman , and Marilyn Bergman are to be commended for the excellent work . That , of course , is not to diminish the acting done by Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway , not Norma... |
432,229 | 2,171,244 | 389,722 | 7 | I'm done playing with this one . You want to play with me now ? | I expected some really dark film , but was surprised that the lighting throughout was perfect . The cinematography was also superb , with magnificent shots of the frozen landscape and the sun rising and setting . The story was fantastic with Stuart Beattie ( Shutter , P . O . T . C ) and Brian Nelson ( Hard candy ) joi... |
433,976 | 2,171,244 | 426,883 | 7 | Have you ever been laid , Stolen Boy ? | The most telling moment of the film is when they were all together and making fun of the rappers with guns . You had no indication that guns were a big part of their lives , but they were there , just below the surface , and used when necessary . The movie moves on to a life of partying with the drug dealing below the ... |
432,147 | 2,171,244 | 231,775 | 7 | You killed me ! You took my body ! | This is the third version of Harry Segall's play Heaven Can Wait . It was first made into the movie Here Comes Mr . Jordan in 1941 . Warren Beatty and Ealine may reworked it into Heaven Can Wait in 1978 . Now , Chris Rock and company take their script and make this film as a starring vehicle for him . It really doesn't... |
434,174 | 2,171,244 | 382,621 | 8 | . . . that's my job . To serve the truth . | Damián Alcázar ( The Crime of Father Amaro , Lord Sopespian in Prince Caspian ) gives a truly remarkable performance in a compelling film by young writer / director Sebastián Cordero . There are two stories going on at the same time . One is a story of a vicious rapist / serial killer who preys on young boys and girls ... |
433,445 | 2,171,244 | 427,327 | 8 | Who wants a twig when you can climb the whole tree ? | This was a thoroughly enjoyable movie and the casting selection was excellent . The music , songs , and choreography were all top notch . The lyrics were moving and I really felt stirred , especially when Queen Latifah was singing " Big , Blonde and Beautiful " and " I Know Where I've Been " . Michelle Pfeiffer was sup... |
432,107 | 2,171,244 | 56,443 | 8 | Stupid friends are dangerous . | We are used to sequels here in the US . Hollywood pumps them out like water . I have even heard that the writer's strike will not prevent a sequel to Transformers , as the first one was made without a script . : - ) Sanjuro came out just one year after Yojimbo , and features Toshirô Mifune as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The Samu... |
434,423 | 2,171,244 | 52,561 | 8 | All right , the cat's out of the bag ; it's fair game for me to chase it ! | Charlie Chaplain lost the Best Actor Oscar in 1941 to James Stewart . To see Stewart in action here will tell you why he won that Oscar and was nominated for four more . This is probably the best courtroom action you will ever see with Ben Gazzara on trial for murder after his wife ( Lee Remick ) was supposedly raped .... |
432,337 | 2,171,244 | 118,636 | 8 | You have no idea what I can do . | Here we go again . Why is it that people have to rate films on whether or not they are close to the book . Yes , I read prolifically , and I also watch many films . They are separate activities . Sometimes I want to see a movie because I love the book , but I realize that you can't do a book justice in 120 minutes . I ... |
432,427 | 2,171,244 | 427,309 | 8 | You do what you have to do , so you can do what you want to do . | This wasn't about my Texas , although I am familiar with many of the topics in this film . I have been to Marshall in my travels over most of the highways in Texas , I know about Paul Quinn College and Prairie View A & M University . This wasn't even about my Daddy's Texas , as he was just a small boy at the time . It ... |
433,604 | 2,171,244 | 105,112 | 8 | The day I turn in my own countrymen , will be the day I put a bullet in my own head . | I love this movie for two reasons : Harrison Ford and Anne Archer . I was a big fan of the Tom Clancy novels at one time and loved seeing them turned into films . Harrison Ford is the best person I could imagine to play jack Ryan . he did a fantastic job . I love Anne Archer , too . She was just so damn desirable in th... |
434,459 | 2,171,244 | 73,802 | 8 | I don't remember yesterday . Today it rained . | This is one of Robert Redford's best films . It is the one I remember most when thinking of Redford . All of the glory went to Faye Dunaway and Max von Sydow however . That is not to say that they didn't put in fine performances , but Redford's was superior and I cannot understand how he was ignored . Remembering Sydne... |
433,828 | 2,171,244 | 95,675 | 8 | Her only crime was falling in love and being afraid . I'd do the same . | With the Toronto Film Festival going on this weekend , it is appropriate that this is my second venture into Pedro Almodóvar's films , as it won the People's Choice Award at that festival in 1989 . Almodóvar wrote and directed this very funny film that is a far cry from Matador . Antonio Banderas is back , this time wi... |
433,318 | 2,171,244 | 52,579 | 8 | There are a thousand of you . But I fight alone . | Three Samurai : Heihachiro Komaki ( Toshirô Mifune ) , Jutaro ( Jurota ) Karibe ( Akira Takarada ) , and Akaboshi ( Akihiko Hirata ) , all in love with the same woman : Lady Ochii aka Princess Chiyo ( Yôko Tsukasa ) . Komaki is a Japanese version of Cyrano . he has a big nose and knows that no woman would approach him ... |
434,365 | 2,171,244 | 105,121 | 8 | Nice to see the rich folks ' got rats too . | Have you ever ridden a roller coaster ? You go up slowly , reach the top , and then the fun begins . There is nothing like it in the world . Wes Craven's little film is just like that . It starts off slow as we see a family being about to be kicked into the streets by greedy landlords before Leroy ( Ving Rhames ) enlis... |
434,338 | 2,171,244 | 462,504 | 8 | I believe I need a steak . | The more I see of Christian Bale , the more I want to see . Bale ( Batman Begins , The prestige ) was just phenomenal in this story of one man's courage and fortitude . Werner Herzog is to be commended for putting together a film that tells a story that should inspire all . From the opening beauty of the Thai countrysi... |
434,626 | 2,171,244 | 629,301 | 8 | I'd skip the procedure if he orders the chili . | A classic with Lennie Briscoe ( Jerry Orbach ) and Ed Green ( Jesse L . Martin ) , and the best A . D . A . they ever had on the show , Serena Southerlyn ( Elisabeth Röhm ) . Alexis Dziena ( Broken Flowers , Stone Cold ) was magnificent as the sister to a dead model . Jonathan Hogan , who has been on " Law & Order " fo... |
432,572 | 2,171,244 | 112,851 | 8 | A notable sequel . | Sure , Director Robert Rodriguez created one of the very best indie films with El Mariachi on a shoestring budget . Now , with bucks in his pocket and a name cast , there is room for excellence . Some may say that the low budget effort is better , and I won't totally disagree from an artistic standpoint , but from an e... |
434,222 | 2,171,244 | 126,240 | 8 | Reena , that stuff really smells . | Wow ! I never imagined Jill Hennessy ( " Crossing Jordan " ) in such a great movie , as the lesbian lover of Reena ( Nisha Ganatra in her first screen role ) . This is a charming tale of families and how they deal with their daughters . But , enough of that , we have a problem . Reena's sister Sarita ( Sakina Jaffrey -... |
432,441 | 2,171,244 | 427,276 | 8 | Frankenfoods for America | There is probably nothing that we can do to change things as we have given up the oversight of our elected leaders by not voting or by voting on single issues at the direction of our preachers , but we should at least have some knowledge of what is being done to us by politicians and chemical companies in bed together ... |
434,621 | 2,171,244 | 629,308 | 8 | I took back me ! | This is one of my favorite episodes because it assumes that an elderly gent just can't possibly be responsible for his actions or take justice into his hands . Of course , the fact that it also had my favorite A . D . A . Serena Southerlyn ( Elisabeth Röhm ) makes it a winner , too . Paul Benjamin ( The Station Agent )... |
434,282 | 2,171,244 | 39,152 | 8 | I thought you weren't allowed to work on Sunday . | The John Wayne Marathon has reached the halfway point - 17 hours of The Dukes action . This is a real departure as Wayne is being ensnared by a Quaker girl ( Gail Russell ) . he struggles to give up his past and there are many pitfalls along the way to a dramatic conclusion when he makes a choice . Harry Carey joins th... |
434,612 | 2,171,244 | 78,122 | 8 | If you can make her laugh , she's yours . | An Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film , a Golden Globe nominee , and a César winner for the music , this film is said to be what Rushmore wasn't . Raoul ( a very young looking Gérard Depardieu ) is a husband who is trying to make his wife Solange ( Carole Laure ) happy . he thinks he can do it by arranging for Stéphane... |
432,696 | 2,171,244 | 338,139 | 8 | They are the only reason I am here | The words are Emily Leighton's ( Molly Parker ) , who defied her Senator husband and risked losing her daughters to fight for their right to be counted as citizens of the US . She , and many other women fought long and hard , and endured pain and suffering , to give women what was rightfully theirs . Hillary Swank was ... |
433,593 | 2,171,244 | 221,344 | 8 | Either you fck them or you get fcked . | An excellent hidden gem from writer / director Luis Estrada that won over 20 awards . The Mayor of San Pedro loses his head while trying to abscond with the town's money , so the party puts in a figurehead ( Damián , - Crónicas , The Crime of Father Amaro ) until the elections . Soon , he figures out the way of politic... |
432,849 | 2,171,244 | 431,197 | 8 | Don't fear them , my child . We are going to kill them all . | An excellent look at the differences between the Islamic terrorists and Americans , and how we are also so much the same . The movie really started slowly , but that is what happens in all relationships . It took time for Agent Fleury ( Jaime Foxx ) to get close to Colonel Farris ( Ashraf Barhom ) and get the things th... |
433,518 | 2,171,244 | 477,731 | 8 | Bad , inconsequential thoughts gather in our brain . | I never had a dentist sing to me while he worked . It's just as well as I usually fall asleep . It is just one of the strange things that happen in this rural hospital . But the stories and the characters seem tangential . They focus is on the sets . Whether the hospital , the farmer's market , or the orchid farm ; the... |
433,545 | 2,171,244 | 95,690 | 8 | Three little words | The " C " Word : Jojo ( Lili Taylor ) is set to marry a fisherman , only she collapses during the ceremony . She's terrified of commitment . She prefers sex to marriage . The " L " Word : Daisy ( Julia Roberts ) is viewed by everyone as a happy hedonist , begins an affair with a preppie from out of town . Afraid of lov... |
433,584 | 2,171,244 | 87,980 | 8 | It's easy to be a holy man on top of a mountain . | War can change you . Travel to other lands can change you also . Seeing how many people in the world live and enjoy themselves without a big house and a new car every year makes you a different person . Different enough that the superficiality that once was your life seems meaningless , and you start looking for someth... |
433,471 | 2,171,244 | 365,109 | 8 | Wonders of the deep | I have just watched three hours of the Galapagos on the National geographic Channel , and am preparing to watch 11 hours on Planet earth on Discovery . What a joy to see this film , narrated by Pierce Brosnan in between . Fi9lmed at the deepest ocean where no light can pierce , the colors and lights that are created by... |
432,753 | 2,171,244 | 416,044 | 8 | Don't tell anyone we went to war over a woman . | This Oscar nominated epic tells of the love between Temudjin ( Tadanobu Asano ) and Börte ( Khulan Chuluun ) . Temudjin is a long way from becoming a Khan . Filmed in China and Kazakhstan , the film offers breathtaking beauty amidst bloody battles . Temudjin's father ( Ba Sen ) is a Khan and is murdered . All their pos... |
433,894 | 2,171,244 | 65,126 | 8 | Fill your hands , you son of a bitch . | John Wayne won his Oscar for playing a drunken Marshall in this film with Kim Darby and Glen Campbell . What really characterizes the movie for me is the dialog . Kim Darby , who went on to play some 60 more roles , none of which I have seen , was considered a promising newcomer for this film . Marguerite Roberts , in ... |
433,348 | 2,171,244 | 210,299 | 8 | I'm not drunk , I'm . . . celebrating . | What is life for ? That's a question that many people throughout the ages have asked . There is no question in the mind of Tom Bledsoe ( Aidan Quinn ) . Life is for enjoying . His idea of enjoying is playing music and drinking corn liquor . I don't know if I can argue with that . Neither could Lily Penleric ( Janet McT... |
433,274 | 2,171,244 | 118,540 | 8 | You must understand that a Bull Connor can not exist without the nods of the status quo people . | This Oscar-nominated documentary is one that will make you shudder to think that there are people in this country with so much hate that they could do this heinous act . In a sense , the murder of these girls was a blessing as it awoke the American people to the fact that such people existed . America saw the burned an... |
433,761 | 2,171,244 | 87,884 | 8 | I'm not afraid of heights . I'm afraid of fallin ' . | It just doesn't get much better that the combination of Wim Wenders , Ry Cooder , and Robby Müller . One provides the direction that makes this film a wonderful experience . The other provides the perfect music to set the mood . The last provides a film that is just a joy to watch , from the craggy desert to the craggy... |
434,622 | 2,171,244 | 629,386 | 8 | Don't you care about the people you killed ? | I always like the shows with Lenny Briscoe ( Jerry Orbach ) . He manages to come up with the most sarcastic quips in his investigations . There are two themes running through this episode . First the diagnosis of schizophrenia and the fact that many with that disease do not take their medication regularly . Secondly , ... |
432,732 | 2,171,244 | 21,873 | 8 | Why did you kill my mother ? | This Oscar-nominated film ( Best Picture ) shows the dark side of journalism as a paper delves into the past of a woman ( Frances Starr ) who was impregnated by her boss and acquitted of his murder . Edward G . Robinson ( Little Caesar ) is a newspaper editor that is interested in boosting circulation and is not concer... |
432,143 | 2,171,244 | 13,257 | 8 | Who knew that people in the Middle Ages all slept naked . | I leave it to others to heap praise upon the writer / director of this film and to discuss his importance in film history . I initially sought it out as it was mentioned as a precursor to the nunsploitation genre , and I wanted to see the first of that , even if it was a silent . It is only vaguely in the genre , as it... |
432,369 | 2,171,244 | 493,459 | 8 | The plot to censor what America sees | I remember as a child that all films I saw were approved by my parents . There was no MPAA , so they went by the Catholic Church's rating system . I wanted to see Otto Preminger's new film " Hurry Sundown . " I had a big blowout with my father because it was " Condemned " by the Church . He gave in , I saw the movie , ... |
433,156 | 2,171,244 | 369,060 | 8 | Evil prevails . Only the good die young . | Naturally , sequels are not usually as good as the original . The technically isn't a sequel , but a prequel , giving us a taste of what came before . It is mainly concerned with SP Wong ( Anthony Wong ) and Sam ( Eric Tsang ) . They are much more friendly in this film - before they both get killed in Infernal Affairs ... |
433,083 | 2,171,244 | 629,418 | 8 | I wish I could stay 16 forever | You just know this is going to be an outstanding episode because of A . D . A . Serena Southerlyn ( Elisabeth Röhm ) , who was the best to appear on the show . But it is again Executive A . D . A . Jack McCoy ( Sam Waterston ) who manages to untangle the mess and solve the crime that eludes the police and everyone else... |
434,632 | 2,171,244 | 95,497 | 8 | It is accomplished ! | How could I not like this movie based on the superlative novel by Nikos Kazantzakis ? Besides being a great film , it has so many of my favorites . Staring with the director , Martin Scorsese , who did this just before Goodfellas . I can imagine that he took a lot of heat for this film , which depicts Jesus ( Willem Da... |
432,190 | 2,171,244 | 66,195 | 8 | A laugh riot | A lot of people criticize this film for not being funnier . If it was , I probably would have suffered cardiac arrest . Barbra Streisand and George Segal are hilarious . Seldome have I seen two great actors paired in a funny movie that really clicks . Barbra is doing this film soon after winning an Academy Award for Be... |
433,912 | 2,171,244 | 337,978 | 8 | You just killed a helicopter with a car ! | If there is a god , then I will live to see at least four more John McClane adventures before I die . I do not know how much longer Bruce Willis can endure the pain , even if it is fake . He has to be tired of constantly killing evildoers . He certainly stretched my imagination this time . Knocking an evildoer out of a... |
432,260 | 2,171,244 | 118,715 | 8 | Yeah , well . The Dude abides . | Maude Lebowski : What do you do for recreation ? The Dude : Oh , the usual . I bowl . Drive around . The occasional acid flashback . That just about sums up this trip : Some bowling , where we meet one of the most interesting characters I have ever seen in Jesus Quintana ( John Turturro ) , and where The Staranger ( Sa... |
434,287 | 2,171,244 | 66,301 | 8 | Don't you worry Ketcham : You're gonna be the first to die ! | Still hanging in there as we go into the second day of the John Wayne Marathon . This is not one of the best , but it was pretty good . The dialog left a lot to be desired , but it had some interesting characters . Besides Wayne , who was a Yankee Colonel who was looking for two traitors ( Victor French & Robert Donner... |
433,090 | 2,171,244 | 792,966 | 8 | A child learns to think | This is an exciting film from Julie Gavras , the daughter of Oscar winning writer / director Costa-Gavras ( Missing , Z ) . The effect of a rise in consciousness on the part of Anna's ( Nina Kervel-Bey ) parents , played by Julie Depardieu and Stefano Accorsi on the family is examined with humor . Giving up her comfort... |
433,603 | 2,171,244 | 52,655 | 8 | I saw a statue once . It was called , " the third time Phyllis saw me , she exploded . " | This film was produced and directed by Roger Corman , the King of the B's . Corman directed a little over 50 films , but he produced seven times that many . He launched the careers of martin Scorsese , Francie Ford Coppola and Peter Bogdonovich , to name a few . he is a wizard of the low-budget film . While this is a p... |
434,429 | 2,171,244 | 386,342 | 8 | War is hell ! | I've been there . I've had the training . I know what you are supposed to do . But sometimes life happens when you are looking the other way . Two brothers - one a criminal and the other a soldier ; one a respected member of society , and the other the shame of his family ; one just out of prison , and the other off to... |
432,658 | 2,171,244 | 122,541 | 8 | To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance . | Oscar Wilde's play has been made into movies many times . There was even one made one year before this version . I can't comment on the other versions , but Oliver Parker certainly adapted the play with and very good screenplay and excellent direction to give us a glimpse of 19th century British aristocracy with a magn... |
433,629 | 2,171,244 | 780,571 | 8 | I don't enjoy killing , Mr . Smith . I do it because I'm addicted to it . | I have to give Bruce A . Evans ( Starman ) & Raynold Gideon ( Starman , Stand By Me ) a lot of credit . They have managed to write a script that keeps you guessing constantly as you try to figure out what is going on with Mr . Brooks ( Kevin Costner ) . He has demons that feed his addiction , but just what is the natur... |
434,430 | 2,171,244 | 38,991 | 8 | The angel of justice prevails . | An absolutely outstanding bit of film noir and a showcase for some very fine actors of the period . Victor Trivas ' story received an Oscar nomination , but Orson Welles was magnificent in direction and acting in this film about Nazi's hiding in America . He almost got away with his ruse , but he got to ranting so much... |
432,233 | 2,171,244 | 776,794 | 8 | Maybe we should study the Amish | This is the hard truth . Not some political statement , but real scientists and oil historians explaining the history of oil and where we are heading . It does not go down easy . If you think it will last forever , then you would be in the company of Texans , Russians and Venezuelans that thought their fields would las... |
434,633 | 2,171,244 | 52,311 | 8 | Your future is all used up . | I had no intention of watching this movie . I actually tuned into a Chinese movie of the same name , but the station screwed up and put this one on instead . I am actually glad they did as it is an outstanding example of a B movie . It had everything you would look for in a B classic : Charleton Heston playing the part... |
433,481 | 2,171,244 | 307,987 | 8 | Billy Bob is a god ! | No one , and I mean no one , could have played the title character better that Billy Bob Thornton . He was just fantastic and supported by a cast that was equally well picked . I never watched " Gilmore Girls , " so I was not familiar with Lauren Graham , who was spot on as Santa's girlfriend . I fell for her immediate... |
434,207 | 2,171,244 | 415,833 | 8 | Screw the justice system . It ain't never about justice . | Writer / director Tommy Stovall's first and only film is worth the time to watch for a very good story and some great characters . Brian J . Smith does his first film as Trey , partner of Robbie ( Seth Peterson ) . Trey is the victim of a hate crime , presumably at the hands of the religious kook who just move in next ... |
433,423 | 2,171,244 | 455,590 | 8 | You must find a way to get out . | There is no doubt why Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin grabbed just about every award he was nominated for . He was just incredible in the picture and really played the character just as I imagined he would be in real life . But we would be remiss if we did not also celebrate the performance of James McAvoy ( Wimbledon ) as... |
434,407 | 2,171,244 | 1,215,983 | 8 | It's made me want to wake other people up to understand what is happening . | The idea of " The New World Order " is nothing new . Conspiracy theorists have been shouting about " One-World Government " for a long time . There are a lot of people who really believe that the UN or some organization like it will control the World one day . We have heard about the Trilateral Commission , the Council... |
432,923 | 2,171,244 | 122,690 | 8 | Happy Birthday Sean | Great sound , great " buy the CD " soundtrack , a car chase that sets the standard , and great acting . This intellectual thriller may be slow at times to some as the characters seem to chat a lot , but look who's chatting . Robert De Niro , Jean Reno ( great in Godzilla ) , Sean Bean ( our birthday boy ) , Natascha Mc... |
432,985 | 2,171,244 | 285,742 | 8 | All I wanna hear is dirt hit that box . | A dysfunctional family of Georgia rednecks . Pop and two sons who have spent their lives a prison guards . Pop Buck ( Peter Boyle ) is a hard case redneck whose wife left him by committing suicide . # 1 son Hank ( Billy Bob Thorton ) learned his racist beliefs at pop's knee . The other son Sonny ( Heath Ledger ) is hat... |
433,992 | 2,171,244 | 83,907 | 8 | You bastards , why are you torturing me like this ? Why ? | This award winning video nasty that was initially banned and re-released uncut in 2001 is one of the 74 films banned in Britain . One can only imagine what will happen in a remote cabin in the woods . Something akin to getting off the main roads in Texas . It doesn't take long for the spookiness to start , and smart pe... |
433,824 | 2,171,244 | 240,772 | 8 | You're a thief and a liar . | I love caper films , and this is one of the best . But , it is more than that . It is also a great love story . Not the mushy kind that appears on Lifetime , but one that really tugs at you . George Clooney and Julia Roberts are delightful in a superb cast of characters . Thie isn't just one caper , but 11 of them , an... |
434,547 | 2,171,244 | 87,800 | 8 | Whatever you do , don't fall asleep . | I tuned into this because it was Johnny Depp's first movie and I wanted to see what he was like at 21 years old . I hardly recognized him . I really didn't at first . I had to keep staring and I still wasn't sure . Anyway , Wes Craven has written and directed a classic horror picture . Is it real or is it a dream ? Wha... |
432,321 | 2,171,244 | 1,157,620 | 8 | 43 + years ago - different war , different president ; different times - same problems , nothing changes . | Can aging rockers renew their spirit and use their music to ignite America in a different war . From the song " Ohio " after Kent State , they travel across America with new music and a new war . Mike Cerre , who chronicled Vietnam and was embedded in Iraq travels with the band to report what happens . The title of thi... |
433,146 | 2,171,244 | 87,781 | 8 | Great baseball movie | Baseball almost seems an afterthought to the story about someone who got sidetracked by a mysterious woman ( Barbara Hershey ) on his way to greatness , but baseball and second chances are what this movie are all about . A great cast led by Robert Redford includes Glenn Close ( The Shield ) , Robert Duvall ( The Godfat... |
432,728 | 2,171,244 | 60,934 | 8 | The REAL MAN for all seasons . | As we celebrate prestige films during this Oscar season that you haven't yet seen , we should remember that there are films that every man show see more than once . There is more to life than Talladega Nights and Knocked Up . This war film , which had eight Oscar nominations , fits nicely between From Here to Eternity ... |
433,568 | 2,171,244 | 396,688 | 8 | Sometimes our sins come back to haunt us . | A breakthrough film by young director James Marsh . This film had me hanging on with bated breath just wondering where it was going . I was totally unprepared for the end , which was dynamite ! Gael García Bernal ( Babel , The Motorcycle Diaries ) was understated but powerful as a young man just getting out of the Navy... |
433,082 | 2,171,244 | 1,189,412 | 8 | Now those residuals come . | I have to say that I fell out of my love affair with Monk after Sharona ( Bitty Schram ) left . I never quite found Natalie ( Traylor Howard ) to be as much fun . However , that being said , I really found her to be perfect in this episode and there seemed to be a sensual connect between the two of them . It was funny ... |
433,878 | 2,171,244 | 338,337 | 8 | Some of the best things in life are mistakes . | Screw the Razzies . They named Ben Affleck the worst actor in 2004 for this and Gigli and Daredevil . I don't care what you think about the last two , but he definitely did a bang up job in this John Woo action film . When it comes to action , Woo is the master . Sure , his American stuff is no where near as good as hi... |
434,111 | 2,171,244 | 113,083 | 8 | Melodrama Almodovar-style | Only Pedro Almodovar can do a melodrama that crosses genres like this film . In one sense , this is a film that you would expect to see on Lifetime . Marisa Paredes ( All About My Mother , Life is Beautiful ) is nothing less than outstanding a a writer that is going through a crisis with a husband ( Imanol Arias ) that... |
433,009 | 2,171,244 | 35,015 | 8 | In memory of a great man - Orson Welles | This could have been a film that ranked right below Citizen Kane ; or maybe , even above it . It is an outstanding period piece of life at the turn of the century . The Ambersons represent society that existed before the industrial age and those who hung on to face ruin , and those who joined the revolution brought abo... |
434,218 | 2,171,244 | 342,258 | 8 | Getting better and better | The best movie out this weekend will not sell the most tickets . JLo and the return of Jane Fonda in Monster-in-Law will probably take that title , or Kingdom of Heaven will repeat as Number One . I am biased ; I will freely admit it . I am a Jet Li fan , not because of the martial art , but because I have seen potenti... |
432,731 | 2,171,244 | 52,278 | 8 | There should have been more Day & Gable | Some may complain this film is a bit long , and it does drag in parts , but there are so many laughs and an extremely interesting story in this romantic comedy that one tends to forgive writers Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin for forgetting that " ads go for $25 an inch . and you've just wasted $300 . " Maybe a little less... |
433,187 | 2,171,244 | 186,730 | 8 | So we throw half in the trash , and see what we can do with the others ? | It always happens . When things get tough , local , State , and the federal government save money on the backs of the poor first . Who , besides the poor suffer , the teachers , of course ? This is a magnificent story of pre-school teachers coping with abuse , neglect , incest , and all forms of child abuse while the g... |
433,801 | 2,171,244 | 256,009 | 8 | What is a ghost ? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again ? An instant of pain , perhaps . Something dead which still seems to be alive . | A steady diet of the usual horror flicks might lead one to think that all horror must have copious amounts of blood and bared breasts . To see a master craftsman at work like Guillermo del Toro ( Pan's Labyrinth , Cronos ) is a real treat . Like Pan's Labyrinth , this film is set during the Spanish Civil War , during t... |
432,855 | 2,171,244 | 1,032,755 | 8 | The streets are alive with the sound of pain . | Sure it's familiar , but that doesn't mean it isn't great . Guy Richie has a formula for entertaining gangster flicks , and this one is full of fun . You really need a scorecard to keep track of who's screwing whom , but it is fun watching all the crooks just do it to each other . You are left wondering who will be on ... |
433,823 | 2,171,244 | 66,473 | 8 | Oh , no , no , this can't be right ; they must mean the Philippines ! | I was up late last night watching this great film , so i didn't make it part of my Memorial Day Tribute , but it is one that should be viewed by all , nonetheless . We tend to think of the Ben Affleck vehicle when we think of Pearl Harbor , but war is not about love stories . It is about death and destruction , and the... |
432,355 | 2,171,244 | 210,070 | 8 | A girl can only be a slut , a bitch , a tease , or the virgin next door . | Let's get the technical stuff out of the way first . The sound , the cinematography , the lighting , the editing , the music : all first rate . This was a film that really made good use of it's budget . It is a horror film , but it certainly is not the best in werewolf films . There is blood , of course there is blood ... |
432,566 | 2,171,244 | 105,236 | 8 | Hardened criminals on parade | Mr . Pink : You kill anybody ? Mr . White : A few cops . Mr . Pink : No real people ? Mr . White : Just cops . This is probably the most succinct characterization of this movie . We are talking hardened criminals here that have no regard for cops . Killing them is a sport . This movie shows the criminal mind better tha... |
432,824 | 2,171,244 | 841,149 | 8 | Sorry . That's all - sorry . | This film uses chapter breaks and comic book-style illustrations to highlight the amusing , astonishing , and horrifying absurdity of its central tale : that of an Iraqi that was taken prisoner based upon false information . The same duo that borough us Gunner Palace , a look at the Iraq invasion from the eyes of an Am... |
433,019 | 2,171,244 | 368,794 | 8 | People actually think I have some kind of a fantastic imagination . It gets very lonesome . | I was thrilled by Todd Haynes work on Glam Rock in Velvet Goldmine , and I looked forward to a film about Robert Allen Zimmerman ( possibly a cousin ) . I was more intrigued about the fact that favs like Christian Bale , Heath Ledger , and Cate Blanchette , and others would be playing different parts of Dylan . Leave i... |
432,397 | 2,171,244 | 70,290 | 8 | Who's your daddy ? | I just cannot imagine a Jack Nicholson film that is not worth two hours of my life . This was an excellent example of his acting ability . It's not just me that thinks so , as he was nominated for an Academy Award . Randy Quaid and Otis Young were also superb . It even featured a cute Carol Kane as a prostitute . This ... |
432,682 | 2,171,244 | 378,407 | 8 | I just got a date with Drew Barrymore . | This was really a funny film and a salute to those who persist in their dreams . They can come true if you just keep at it . Brian Herzlinger , an aspiring filmmaker , and his pals Jon Gunn and Brett Winn put together this documentary using $1100 bucks he won on a game show . Its a good first effort , and was an enjoya... |
432,852 | 2,171,244 | 629,641 | 8 | We al have our devils to fight . | All the usual cast of Law & Order Special Victims Unit with the addition of Robert Patrick . Patrick is someone who can play a sleaze-bag to perfection . He was spectacular as the robot in Terminator 2 : Judgement Day , magnificent in The Marine , and perfect in First To Die . He has been in many films and always comes... |
433,046 | 2,171,244 | 95,270 | 8 | I'm an integrationist . We shall overcome someday . | It is hard to believe that we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of this film this week . It is even harder to believe that just one week after it opened Divine left the world's stage forever . But , the star of the show was Ricki Lake in her first year as a film actress . She camped up John Water's script and delive... |
433,675 | 2,171,244 | 43,614 | 8 | If only we could all love as he did . | Not having read the novel , I am not encumber by the fact that 100 minutes of this film was left on the cutting room floor . I am a Kurosawa fan and love Toshirô Mifune , so I approach the film from that angle . The setting on a Japanese mountaintop fits right in with the fact it is based on a Russian novel . It was so... |
432,287 | 2,171,244 | 382,765 | 8 | Loss , respect , family interference , and guilt | This film covers so many different issues that you might think it gets muddled , but they all come out in the course of a story and fit nicely in the puzzle . There is a serial killer on the loose , but that is really just incidental to the story . His latest victim , a woman of color , was found while four men went on... |
432,555 | 2,171,244 | 439 | 8 | 1001 Films to see before you die . | It is reported to be the first use of narrative in a film in this country , and it is certainly the first " western " film . All other cops and robbers films sprang from this one . It is short . Depending upon where you see it ( YouTube , Google , etc ) , it can run from nine to 11 minutes , and some have color painted... |
433,523 | 2,171,244 | 417 | 8 | 1001 Films to see before you die . | It was amazing that , in 1902 , the filmmaker Georges Méliès had the foresight to add showgirls to his little film . Whether from the Folies Bergères or Vegas , the showgirl will always be a part of cinema . This is presumable the first SciFi flick , and the animation was a real joy to watch , as was the lack of scient... |
432,832 | 2,171,244 | 39,190 | 8 | Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread . | Often considered a Christmas film , this is only incidentally set in the season . This five-time Oscar nominated film , with a win for sound , was one of the best pictures of 1947 , the year that brought us Miracle on 34th Street , and the Oscar winning Gentlemen's Agreement . Certainly a great year for films that make... |
433,841 | 2,171,244 | 70,355 | 8 | A man's got to know his limitations . | Of all the " Dirty Harry " movies , this is the one that characterizes Harry Callahan the best . Yes , he is a cop that stretches the line between good and evil , just as Danny Lee does in The Killer , but , when it comes to the line , he will not step over . There is even a " Bond " girl ( Adele Yoshioka ) in this one... |
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